17/09/2026
A wind phone is a quiet, public installation where people can speak to those they’ve lost.
A wind phone is an old-fashioned rotary telephone that isn’t connected to anything physical, but offers a deeply symbolic space for grief. You pick up the receiver, dial their number, and say whatever is in your heart - talk, cry, whisper, or sit in silence. There’s no right or wrong way to use it.
Inspired by the original Wind Phone created in Japan in 2010, wind phones are appearing all over the world. The UK has a small number - this is the first in North London (I installed it in June in the run up to Fathers Day). You can find it at Enfield Crematorium and is available for anyone to use - go up the staircase at the back of the car park and head left, it's under a large Yew tree.
This is a project with love at its very core. Dedicated to my parents Wendy and Paul, this is their old rotary phone.
Who would you call today?